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BBC: Theresa May wins confidence vote 200 to 117
- Thread starter MassiveNights
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Wait what wasn't she meant to go to EU like tomorrow to do more deal mongering.
When will this end. Just hope we end up remaining LOL
When will this end. Just hope we end up remaining LOL
That's jumping the gun unless they got 200 letters, it could mean a few other things i suppose.
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Possibly.
Irritating a 92 year old lady would probably be apt for this government though.
Why on earth has the palace been contacted? Isn't the only main role of the Queen to just authorise the
pm once they are selected?
pm once they are selected?
The "her deal is bad" crowd likes to keep it vague, but they will run into the exact same problems.
Probably standard procedure if the PM has had a no confidence vote lodged against them, the head of state would definitely need to be informed. Alternatively, the PM plans to resign.
I wonder how you brief the Queen on what's happening at the moment?
"We've absolutely fucked it, ma'am".
She has a duty to contact the palace for various things like foreign policy deals etc or if requested to.
There's a lot more contact than you would think.
Night of the long knives part 2, or pass the hot brexit potato and carry on.
Oh God... this is it, isn't it? This is where we get Boris Johnson as PM.
We are so completely beyond fucked it's untrue.
We are so completely beyond fucked it's untrue.
I would say he can't be worse than Trump.
But then I remembered Boris is basically Trump: UK Edition, so...
Nah, still think she'll win this but it will be interesting to see what happens afterwards. Her deal still won't pass parliament and a challenge from Corbyn is only a matter of time.
Yep.
If it goes beyond Westminster and involves the Tory grass roots it is going to be a bigger shitshow than ever.
That's a big if though.
Well May has survived pretty much every chance to take her out. So you can always hope she'll pull through this time.
He's not very popular among Tory MPs now though, in a Tory leadership election you need to make it to the final two selected by Tory MPs to be put to the membership for voting.
Breaking: Theresa is nipping around to Lizzie's with a fella from Eon to cap her gas off over winter.
Stella- I mean, stellar!
No, it would be good if this was going to work and get rid of her but they know it won't
I mean if we're going by the meme, yes things are looking pretty good.
The question would be which way the Tories would tip. I feel like any leader who tried to straddle the line between the Leavers and Remainers is going to fail. It will either be someone who wants a Norway deal or someone who wants to put up concrete across Ireland.
Nope. They will be hard leave. Bunch of cunts. They want to line their own pockets by privatisation of public health.
What a shit show.
Looking to get some good whiskey for when this is all done. That way I can pour one out in a good or most likely bad scenario.
Looking to get some good whiskey for when this is all done. That way I can pour one out in a good or most likely bad scenario.
She met today with Rutte (Dutch PM) and Merkel, and got told nothing is going to change.
That's saying something when you have Gove in the running too.
The US has separate and co-equal branches of government, and its structure more closely resembles the British government at the time of the Revolution than the modern Westminster system of today, when the Executive's (monarch's) power is diminished and largely consultative/ceremonial.
In the House of Representatives, the Speaker would be the equivalent of the PM in the UK Parliament. I don't think a formal no confidence procedure exists, but the Speaker's elected with every new Congress that's seated, so if there's an internal party revolt, the longest they would serve would be two years. Even then, the Speaker and the House don't wield the same power and authority that the PM and Parliament does, so there really wouldn't be a need for such a mechanism.
Fun Fact: The Speaker is also second in line of succession to the Presidency, so if the Pres and VP are knocked out at once, the Speaker becomes President.
The only equivalent to a no confidence vote that Congress provides to the Executive is the process of impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate, though no President has ever been successfully convicted.
As an American, it has at least been entertaining to watch both our countries descend into political chaos over the last week.
Official. The worst government and PM in living memory. Possibly ever.
The deal is a shambles, the government is in chaos and the nation hasn't been this divided since the Civil War in the 17th century.
Fuck Brexit. Somebody please just make it stop.
Fuck it. I'd be down with this. The Queen couldn't do a worse job than this poor excuse of a government.
The deal is a shambles, the government is in chaos and the nation hasn't been this divided since the Civil War in the 17th century.
Fuck Brexit. Somebody please just make it stop.
Fuck it. I'd be down with this. The Queen couldn't do a worse job than this poor excuse of a government.
Can't they pass a non binding resolution if they wanted to say something?
We'll at least see who's got the better sources based on what happens tomorrow. Or, if these leaks are designed to either force 48 letters or prevent 48 letters based on the source and "target audience", we'll see who has the better sense of shadow play.
I did see another tweet that Brady was polling cabinet on their opinion? That makes me wonder if someone is telegraphing that they're close to 48 and now it's time to prepare for what happens next, without explicitly saying so.
I did see another tweet that Brady was polling cabinet on their opinion? That makes me wonder if someone is telegraphing that they're close to 48 and now it's time to prepare for what happens next, without explicitly saying so.
I'll believe it when I see it. Tories are cowardly as fuck. I loved Marina Hyde's article today, where Boris had been described as Aslan but she said he's the most Edmund fucker there was. Tomorrow should be fun.
This has been even greater than usual. That old level of chaos became normal but this week surpasses that.
Would amuse the hell out of me if Brady has been shredding the letters as they came in out of support for May.
"You're nearly there guys, just a few more letters!"
"You're nearly there guys, just a few more letters!"
Leaving is going... Well I think Theresa May put it best today:
I suppose they could, but it'd have the same weight as proclaiming National Cheesecake Day. If it doesn't have the force of law, then it would be an empty gesture.
The way it's supposed to work is that they're supposed to show their displeasure with the President by refusing to confirm cabinet and judicial nominees, refusing to pass a submitted budget, and most importantly, not funding things. The problem is that party politics complicates things, even more-so today when they seem to have forgotten that they're an actual, separate branch of government and prefer Party Rule, like they're Soviets or something.
So what you're saying is that old people are content with screwing things over for the younger generation? Seems pretty par for the course for most western democracies...